Lock.



s. s. BUTLER.

LOCK.

APPLICATION FILED AUGJI 1915.

Patent-ed Nov. 2, 191.5.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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' Application filed August 11, 1915. Serial No. 44,981r

To all whom it may concern:

Be'it known that I, SoLoMoN S. BUTLER, a, citizen of the United States, residing at Nashville, in the county of Davidson and State of Tennesseehave invented certain new and useful, Improvements in Locks, of

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which the'follow-ing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying draw- This invention relates to certain improvements in looks and has relation more particularly to a device of this general character especially designed and adapted for use in connection with trunks or the like; and it is an object of the invention to pro vide a novel and improved lock includinga multiple series of connections under con trol of a single member.

Furthermore, it is an object of the invention to-provide a device of this general character including a rotatably supported member adapted to impart endwise movement to a plurality of bolts, each of said bolts coacting with a hasp member.-' 7

The invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several. parts of my improved lock whereby certain important ad vantages are attained and the device is rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, all as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of theinve'ntion will be carefully defined in the appended claims. In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a view in top plan illustrat ing va lock constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention; Fig. 2 isan enlarged fragmentary view in top plan illustrating certain details of my improved look as herein embodied; Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. t is a view in elevation of the device as illustrated in Fig. ,2, with certain of the parts omitted; and Fig. 5 is a view in end elevation of the rotating mem-' her as herein embodied. As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, 1 denotes an elongated member mount ed for axial rotation and supported prefen ably by the body of a trunk or the like, and

portions of said member are provided with the threads 2 with each of which portions is operatively engaged the bolt 3, said bolt being mounted for movement within the housing 4: substantially U-shape 'in form and through the sides of which the member 1 is also directed. The extremities of the housing 4 are angularly disposed,vas at 5, and provided with suitable perforations 6 when;- by the same may be anchored in applied position. The bolt 3 is provided with a transversely disposed open slot 7 having in communication therewith the open slot 8' adapted to operatively engage the headed member 9 carried by the hasp 10, said headed member 9 being substantially T-shape in form and one of the walls of the slot 7 at its forward edge is beveled to facilitate the coaction between'the bolt 3 and the headed member 9. One extremity 11 of the member 1 is adapted to be suitably engaged by a. key or other operating member whereby the requisite axial rotation may be imparted thereto, and it will be readily perceived that upon rotating the member'l in one direction, the bolts 3 will be. caused to operate in unison and properly engage their coasting headed members 9 and that a reverse rotation of the member 1 will result in a release of the hasps whereby the closure to which the hasps 10 are secured may be either locked in closed position or released.

From the foregoing description, it is thought to be obvious that a lock constructed in accordance with my invention is of an extremely simple and comparatively inexpensive nature and is particularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and prising a; shaft having portions thereof In testimony whereof I hereunto aifix my threaded, a, bolt engaged with each of said signature in the presence of two witnesses. threaded-portions, said bolt having an open ended 'slot,' and a hasp cozwting with said SOLOMON S. BUTLER. 5 bolt; said hasp including a headed memwltnessesz ber adapted to be disposed within the slot JESSE W. SPARKS;

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